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Maghzen|ˈmɑːxzən|
Also Maghasen, Makhzen, -an.
[Arab. maḵzan.]
The Moroccan government; the dominant official class in Morocco; irregular Algerian horsemen in the service of France. Also transf.
1854J. R. Morell Algeria xxi. 392 Immediately that the tribes were subdued, the victors required them to supply irregular horsemen, called makhzen or goum, to attack the refractory. 1874tr. G. Rohlfs's Adventures Morocco ix. 193 Every day at midday on his return from the Maghasen (palace of the Sultan and seat of government) I was called. 1894G. Montbard Among Moors 169 A knot of soldiers of the Maghzen are plunging their horses into the stream. 1901Chambers's Jrnl. 6 July 504/1 Laraiche, once offered to the British Maghzen (Government) in return for help against the enemies of the Sultan. 1930Economist 24 May 1179/1 This loan of 62,500,000 francs was originally contracted by the Maghzen of Morocco. 1973R. E. Dunn in Gellner & Micaud Arabs & Berbers 92 At the ‘national’ level it influenced foundation of the makhzan's policies towards the Saharan region, especially in relation to the southward expansion of French Algeria. |